..Our study suggests that increased adiponectin levels are associated with a moderately decreased CHD risk in diabetic men. This association seems to be mediated in part by effects of adiponectin on HDL cholesterol levels...

..353 and 0.349). In conclusion, a higher carbohydrate intake at the expense of protein and PUFA might be associated with decreased diabetes risk...

Identification of a dietary pattern characterized by high-fat food choices associated with increased risk of breast cancer: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Potsdam Study

..Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), a cytokine secreted by adipose tissue and other cells, might play a role in insulin resistance...

Association of a diabetes risk score with risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, specific types of cancer, and mortality: a prospective study in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Potsdam cohort

..86, 1.27). These findings suggest that gallstones, but not kidney stones, may predict the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, providing physicians with an interventional opportunity to implement adequate prevention measures...

Consumption of (n-3) fatty acids is related to plasma biomarkers of inflammation and endothelial activation in women

..In conclusion, the statistical method described in the paper may be beneficial for quantifying the importance of different sufficient causes and for improving the efficiency of public health programs...

A statistical test for the equality of differently adjusted incidence rate ratios

..The statistical method described may be helpful as an additional tool for analyzing epidemiologic cohort data and for interpreting results obtained from Cox regression models with adjustment for different covariates...

Fiber and magnesium intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes: a prospective study and meta-analysis

..We aimed to develop a precise risk score for the screening of large populations for individuals at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes based on noninvasive measurements of major risk factors in German study populations...

..The goal of our study was to prospectively investigate the potential causal nature of the association between fetuin-A levels and myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemic stroke by applying a Mendelian randomization approach...

Anthropometry and esophageal cancer risk in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition

..Of these pathways the highest contribution was observed for adiponectin which contributed one-third to the risk and that equal proportion was contributed by GGT and HDL-cholesterol, although the contribution of inflammation was lower...

Intake of vegetables, legumes, and fruit, and risk for all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality in a European diabetic population

..To evaluate the role of non-HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein (apo)B, markers of all potentially atherogenic lipoproteins, as predictors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in comparison with LDL cholesterol in patients with type 2 diabetes...

Assessing improvement in disease prediction using net reclassification improvement: impact of risk cut-offs and number of risk categories

..In conclusion, the choice of risk cut-offs and number of categories has a substantial impact on NRI. A limited number of categories should only be used if categories have strong clinical importance...

Identification of serum metabolites associated with risk of type 2 diabetes using a targeted metabolomic approach

..08) in the entire study sample and 1.06 (0.93-1.21) in the sub-sample with 25(OH)D<45 nmol/L. This latter finding casts doubt on a strong causal association of 25(OH)D with T2D, but further research in large-scale consortia is needed...

A dietary pattern derived to correlate with estrogens and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer

..In this review, we describe different patterning approaches and the available evidence regarding the relationships between dietary patterns and risk of hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and coronary heart disease...

..This study validates and confirms the association of IDE polymorphisms with T2DM risk in the prospective German cohort and provides novel evidence of influences of IDE genetic variants on insulin metabolism...

Breast-feeding and maternal risk of type 2 diabetes: a prospective study and meta-analysis

..This study evaluated the association between four a priori dietary quality indexes and risk of type 2 diabetes among white individuals, Japanese-Americans and Native Hawaiians in the Hawaii component of the Multiethnic Cohort...

Recent insights into the relation of Δ5 desaturase and Δ6 desaturase activity to the development of type 2 diabetes

Associations between markers of subclinical atherosclerosis and dietary patterns derived by principal components analysis and reduced rank regression in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Jennifer A NettletonDivision of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USAAm J Clin Nutr 85:1615-25. 2007

..The association between diet and cardiovascular disease (CVD) may be mediated partly through inflammatory processes and reflected by markers of subclinical atherosclerosis...

Quantity and quality of dietary fat, carbohydrate, and fiber intake in the German EPIC cohorts

..This evaluation aims to describe the quantity and quality of dietary fat, carbohydrate and fiber intake in both German cohorts participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)...